double drabble: Diamond (Pippin/Diamond, rated G)

[sophinisba]

Pippin/Diamond, rated G.

ETA: Read Diamond (The Seeing Herself Through His Eyes Remix) by danachan/danae_b! /ETA

Diamond

When Pippin brought Diamond to Tuckborough, his friends and relations were delighted with her and happy for him. No one here had seen her since she'd visited as a young child, and she'd blossomed, they said. She smiled graciously and said nothing, and Pippin too was speechless, for once. Still, he thought to himself, lovely blossoms were common in the Shire, especially now, and Diamond was anything but. Besides that, she was no fragile flower.

Beautiful as a rare jewel, others said, and there Pippin was more inclined to agree. But her being beautiful, well, that was hardly the point.



He remembered Moria -- mountains and millennia weighing down on stone and metal and living things. When he looked in her eyes he remembered mithril shining bright and perfect in the dark.

He remembered her stories of dark days at Long Cleeve. The solitude when no word came from beyond the valley, the hunger when nothing else came either. The fear when loved ones ventured out and didn't return. Diamond was hard beauty, formed through pressure and time.

"Diamond for strength," he said. "Your mother knew it when she named you, and I knew it when first I looked at you."

Comments

[danachan.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
*can't stop that omg*

Do you know how beautiful this is? Looking at Pippin and seeing how he sees Diamond and she is beautiful yes but that is so not the point. I love how it goes into how strong she is and that is beautiful too and eeeeeeeeeeeee.

Also, Pippin should be speechless more often. :D

This is so great and thank you for writing it. I am not just saying that either, I mean it from the bottom of my heart omg.

[sophinisba]

You are way too nice to me omg. The Diamond songfic went over 1000 words, did I tell you? It still has a lot to go and, I don't know... Again, it will probably not be as awesome as I had envisioned when I picked the song, but there are things about it that I like a lot, and I'm enjoying walking around listening to it, and thinking about her, and Pippin, and Heather and Tolly, so it's a happy writing process.

In other words, thanks for getting me to write about Pippin, and then thanks for getting me to write about Diamond.

And omg so nice to write a ficlet at breakfast rather than over the course of several months!! ♥

[shirebound]

What a marvelous and perceptive way for Pippin -- and us -- to view Diamond.

[sophinisba]

Thank you very much! I love looking at any character through the eyes of someone who loves them!

[aprilkat.livejournal.com]

This is quite wonderful - Pippin's silent and perceptive view of Diamond.

[sophinisba]

Thank you!!

[dreamflower]

That is absolutely wonderful! So perceptive!

[sophinisba]

Thank you! Dana's influence on me grows ever stronger!

[bagma.livejournal.com]

Diamond was hard beauty, formed through pressure and time.

What a beautiful and original description! Like Pippin, I am almost speechless with admiration. Thank you!:)

[sophinisba]

N'aw, thank you! Drabbles are nice for forcing me to think about every word, and I am pleased with how this turned out!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Pippin's being silenced by the beauty, and the way that he sees strength as beauty says quite a lot about Diamond, but it says just as much about Pippin, and how his perceptions were altered by the quest. It's a truly beautiful piece of writing, Sophi.

[sophinisba]

Thank you, honey! I am so fond of post-quest Pippin!

[capra-maritimus.livejournal.com]

He thought her stories of dark days at Long Cleeve.

Is there a word missing in here?

Other than that - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Strength=beauty. Just wonderful. :D:D:D:D:D

[sophinisba]

Ahah, yes! And when I saw your comment I thought I would have to spend ten minutes figuring out which other word to take out, but I just changed thought to remembered. Woot!

And thank you thank you thank you!! Dana's got me all hooked on thinking about the Troubles lately so this came up without too much, er, trouble :D

[capra-maritimus.livejournal.com]

That dana is such a bad influence. LOL!

[sophinisba]

I know! I used to be a sweet innocent interspecies slasher.

[capra-maritimus.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

You don't want to read my interspecies. LOL!

[harukameko.livejournal.com]

This was beautiful. This is also my first time reading anything Pippin/Diamond before. I love the way that you describe her through Pippin's eyes.

[sophinisba]

Thank you very much! It is my first time writing about her too but I think I will have a little more soon.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

This is really beautiful! And I just loved how wise Pippin was here -- how wise and astute. Both of them are so lucky to have each other!

[sophinisba]

Hee, thank you for coming and checking this out. It is so nice to have you back. *hugs*

[layne67.livejournal.com]

You can write any pairing and I know I'll read them. Well, not your HP yet but maybe one of these days :P

You have the knack of getting your characters' voices right and the way you write is just so beautiful.

I love this very, very much.

[sophinisba]

You are so good to me! First the femslash and now this, eh? And if I can manage to finish the things I've started there will be more het in my future, though like this more about characters and not so much with the sex. (I think, but then who can say?) Thank you so much for your comment, honey!